Directly or obliquely, while reading Gibbon or shopping for toys at
F. A. O. Schwarz, Slavitt addresses, invokes, or simply enjoys the
civilization that has been the poet's true subject from the time of
the wandering bards. Upon the foundation of technical mastery, he
has begun to build an
oeuvre, to assert himself, and, with
insouciance and gaiety, to grow into his majority.
Originally published in 1965.
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